Raven D's Wildlife and Pet Portraits

Update as of 11/30/2024: So, I received a comment towards a Youtube comment I made on a Croquis Cafe video 3 days ago and barely got to it today. Sharyn and Larry continue to be unprofessional, look into people's information, and falsely accuse someone of misusing their material.  I went to the video and checked out the latest comments to see if there was anything more in depth about this, and I have found it.  I hope a chargeback was made towards them. That is absolutely appalling. DO NOT give Croquis Cafe your money! I've known about Croquis Cafe for years. I used to follow their Youtube channel, and saw some wonderful model videos. They were a free resource channel running on donations. This was a wonderful channel as an alternative for those who cannot make it to a life drawing class. At some point, they had free reference photos of many models for us to use, too. The photos were decent. I wouldn't recommend what I saw for hyperrealism study, but they were still wonderf...

  Baby Girl 7x10" oil painting on gessoed wood panel *I'm aware she's a male bird I admit I am drawn to black and white images and really love my charcoal drawings and rare occasional graphite studies, but this year I want to focus more on painting. I have all these mini-canvas and some wood panels that are stuffed in a drawer and boxes waiting to be painted on. I also have watercolor, acrylics, oil pastels, and now Pan Pastels (Shoutout to GamerPrince25 on Twitch for the PanPastels! I truly appreciate it!). I especially need to practice more with watercolor. I'm a self-taught artist who didn't have access to really good tutorials. With all the resources I can easily find today without having to pay an astronomical amount, I'm taking advantage of watercolor tutorials rather than figuring it all out on my own like I did with drawing. For those who know me, I wasn't thrilled having to be the "I have to figure it out on my own" type of self-taught ar...